Parasite Eden: Volume One
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British university student Zac Matthews is offered a rare exciting chance to work for indie company Omega Game Studios in Shinjuku, Japan. Timid, severely anxious, socially awkward and traumatised by past events, Zac, who has little to no memory of his early childhood, and has always believed that the worst thing will happen to him, challenges himself to step out of his comfort zone, and travels to Japan hoping that he can overcome his fears and develop into a better person. Wanting to settle in early and adjust to the culture, Zac flies over three months early as a tourist and hires newly graduated doctor Yukio Sakai as a private tutor to teach him Japanese. As the weeks go on, the two develop a close friendship, and begin to spend more and more time together outside of their previous arrangements. However, with time, Zac also begins to suspect that Yukio is hiding something. Torn questioning if it’s just paranoia or something much worse, Zac, who’s already begun to feel an attachment closer than friendship to Yukio from his overwhelming kindness, finds himself unable to step away from him, despite the alarm bells going off in his head that something is seriously wrong. Horrific vivid nightmares, ghosts, hallucinatory pain and visual disturbances are all things Zac is plagued with before he begins his new job with Omega in January. Volume one is the beginning of Zac and Yukio’s journey together where Zac strives to learn the truth, and Yukio fights to keep it from him. Completed at 156k. Volume one is now in the final editing stage before I begin typesetting later on this year (November time). There are a lot of twists I'm trying to keep hidden until the right moment, and some twists I do want readers to guess before, so beta reader comments/live thoughts, questions and theories are really helpful. Overall thoughts on the volume like plot, pacing, characters, world, and so on, would also be very helpful. 18+ for adult content and dark themes. For trigger warnings, feel free to PM me and I can send you a list if you'd like to see, just in case.